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Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
tww wrote:
> Every time I go in for service at my local Honda dealer I look through the > lot and may find one Civic with a manual. Last Sat -- not a one. When I bought my Civic last month, there was a 2002 Acura RSX sitting next to it at the dealer. I had a quick peak inside it, and to my surprise it was an automatic! I don't think I have ever seen an automatic RSX or Prelude, even though I know it was available. |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Joe LaVigne <jlavigne@hits-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:ekbd5m$dfi$1@news.datemas.de: > On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:02:16 -0500, tww wrote: > >>> Currently,Honda/Acura makes NO auto that I would own. I meant they make no vehicle that I want to own as an only car. Maybe a S2000 if I could afford a 2nd car. >> >> Manuals are tough to find. Should imagine you would have to special >> order one. > > Every dealer around here generally has a full assortment of models > with a manual tranny... > > I can't think of anything that I looked at this June, on the lot, that > didn't have something close to it in a manual. > > Joe > -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
Dave Garrett said
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Hmmm .... 1977 Civic Wagon (hatchback) 1981 Accord Hatchback 1982 Accord Hatchback (to replace the '81 that I totalled) 1985 Accord Sedan 1988 Prelude 1995 Odyssey (the 4-door model) 2003 Accord EX-V6 Coupe (still own ... and my favorite of all) Casey |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
> So, how many Hondas have you owned, and which ones would you like to > own? Very thought provoking, but here goes. 1971 CB750K1 1974 CB7504 1976 CR125 Elsinore 1983 Accord LX Hatch 5 spd 1986 Accord LX Sedan Auto 1982 Civic Sedan 5 spd 1984 Civic Wagon 2WD 5 spd 1990 Accord EX Sedan auto 1998 Odyssey LX 2000 Prelude 5 spd I'd like to own an NSX, but too pricey! Howard |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <45683531$0$13683$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
rgstroud@neo.rr.com says... > Dave Garrett wrote: > I've > > been monitoring eBay for some time to see what shows up there > > I look at autotrader.com and cars .com. Any other sites i should visit? > bob autotrader.com is the only one I'm at all familiar with besides eBay. I've heard other people recommend craigslist, if you have one available that covers your area - you can see the areas covered in Ohio here: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/oh Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <xTY9h.204$rq2.198@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
> > "Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130... > > In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says... > > > > > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it > with a > > > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st > time > > > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for > the > > > time. > > > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which > was > > > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders) > > > 1973 CB 750 > > > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle. > > > > I sense a pattern here. :-) > > > > I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and > > would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I > > really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its > > previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big- > > bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin > > Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a > > 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm > > forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but > > it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few > > years. > > > > I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag: > > > > http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221 > > > > And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed > > engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine- > > tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of > > engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section > > called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different > > Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed: > > > > http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/ > > > > Dave > > > The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6 > cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was sold for close to $500,000! http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...nda_rc174_six/ Dave |
Re: How many Hondas have you owned?
In article <xTY9h.204$rq2.198@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says...
> > "Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1fd1868387a1853698a122@207.14.116.130... > > In article <n2M9h.180$rq2.92@newsfe20.lga>, twaugh5@cox.net says... > > > > > Started in Tokyo in 1967 with a 305cc CL 77 scrambler and replaced it > with a > > > 68 350 I shipped to the States. Remember seeing the CB 750 for the 1st > time > > > in Dec 68 at the Tokyo motorshow -- a real show stopped and amazing for > the > > > time. > > > 1970 CB 750 (cost less than the Triumph Bonneville I had before which > was > > > stolen by a bunch of local thugs -- Harley riders) > > > 1973 CB 750 > > > 1978 750F -- a shared experience I see and also my last motorcycle. > > > > I sense a pattern here. :-) > > > > I still have my 750F, although it's been in storage for six years and > > would take some effort to get running again. Yet another project I > > really need to tackle. It's an '81 that was modified considerably by its > > previous owner, a roadracer who used it as his streetbike. It has a big- > > bore kit to punch it out to 836cc, a Kerker 4-into-1, a Corbin > > Gunfighter seat matching the factory paint colors, tweaked carbs off a > > 900F with K&Ns, Superbike bars, and probably a bunch of other stuff I'm > > forgetting right now. By modern standards it's overweight and slow, but > > it was plenty fast for me when it was my sole transportation for a few > > years. > > > > I still want a CBX - saw this amazing custom one recently in a bike mag: > > > > http://www.cycleworld.com/article.as...article_id=221 > > > > And if I ever win the lottery, an RC166 - still a near-unsurpassed > > engineering achievement forty years later, and still the most spine- > > tingling sound ever to emanate from anything on two wheels. Speaking of > > engine sounds, Honda's Japanese website has a very interesting section > > called "The Sound of Honda" where you can listen to many different > > Hondas (both street and racing, motorcycles and cars) running at speed: > > > > http://www.honda.co.jp/SoundofHonda/ > > > > Dave > > > The CBX -- still amazing and the RC 166 ( and I think there was also a 266 6 > cylinder) are technical achievements still amazing today. The RC174 was the other inline-6 - it had a 297cc engine and raced in the 350cc class. Check out this article about a guy in the UK who built a half-dozen exact replicas of the RC174 from scratch, each of which was sold for close to $500,000! http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/fe...nda_rc174_six/ Dave |
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